Word Type

Noun

The word "cranium" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

basicranium chondrocranium cranial craniate cranio dermatocranium desmocranium ectocranium endocranium epicranium hemicrania intracranium neurocranium osteocranium paracranium postcranium splanchnocranium viscerocranium

Context

anatomy anthropology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bone os

Type Of (IsA)

board game bone bone structure

Part Of

skull

Related Terms

body body part bone brain brain skull braincase brains brains inside cranio enclosing face facial head inside jaw jawbone mandible neurocranium part skull skull bone skull part

Synonym Network

braincase skull

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